http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/s...7/08/construction_stopped_but_stree.html
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The developers of La Vista on Lavaca, a luxury condominium and office project, took out a permit with the City of Austin on April 20, 2007, to close the block of 17th Street between Lavaca and Colorado streets during construction, said Jason Redfern, manager of the Right of Way Management Division in the city’s Watershed Protection and Development Review Department.
The developers paid $99,900 to the city to keep the street closed for six months, Redfern said. The permit was to have been renewed for the same fee every six months until construction was completed.
The developers renewed their street permit in November 2007 but failed to renew it in April, Redfern said.
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